Manchester United will not ask Jose Fonte to make future U-turn
Man Utd boss Jose Mourinho has been linked with Portuguese central defender Fonte but he won't be coming to Old Trafford
Fonte in action against United last Friday night
Manchester United will not be making a late bid to tempt Jose Fonte to make a U-turn and leave Southampton.
MEN Sport understands that the Reds are not interested in the 32-year-old central defender.
Manager Jose Mourinho has been constantly linked with his fellow countryman forcing Fonte to discuss his future with the Southampton hierarchy.
The Portuguese Euro 2016 winner has held talks with Saints director of football Les Reed and chairman Ralph Krueger.
The
outcome was revealed by Saints manager Claude Puel. “The situation of
Jose is now finished and he is back to normal,” he said.
“Jose is
now concentrating just on his football and his team. He had a good
discussion with the director of football, with the chairman and now
everything is all OK. Staying with the Saints
“For Jose it was important for us, for me, to keep him in the squad
because he is a good personality, a good professional and has good
leadership qualities.
“It was important to listen to Jose and
understand his position and have time to speak – but now is the time to
play and there is no problem with this.”
With question marks over
the Old Trafford futures of Phil Jones and Marcos Rojo, Fonte became
the name linked with United to add some experience to the defence.
Mourinho has landed his four priority signings early in
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba, Eric Bailly and Henrikh Mkhitaryan but
has suggested there could be “supplementary” captures after the season
started.
But Fonte is now believed to have not be one of those under consideration.
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